Gentleman Jack Movie TieIn, Anne Choma
Gentleman Jack Movie TieIn, Anne Choma
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Gentleman Jack (Movie Tie-In)
The Real Anne Lister

Author: Anne Choma, Sally Wainwright

Narrator: Eva Pope, Erin Shanager

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/30/2019


Synopsis

The official companion book to the HBO series Gentleman Jack created by Sally Wainwright and starring Suranne Jones

In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. This is her remarkable, true story.

Anne Lister was extraordinary. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality, she forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her. She was a landowner, an industrialist and a prolific diarist, whose output has secured her legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister follows Anne from her crumbling ancestral home in Yorkshire to the glittering courts of Denmark as she resolves to put past heartbreak behind her and find herself a wife. This biographical portrait introduces the real Gentleman Jack, featuring unpublished journal extracts decrypted for the first time by series creator Sally Wainwright and historian Anne Choma.

"Anne Choma's Gentleman Jack is not just a tie-in to the TV series, but a probing and page-turning study of legendary diarist Anne Lister, full of original insights and freshly decoded material from the 1830s period of Lister's hunt for a wife." -Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room

About The Author

Sally Wainwright(foreword) is a BAFTA award-winning writer and director. Her shows include Gentleman Jack, Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax, To Walk Invisible, Scott & Bailey and At Home with the Braithwaites.Anne Choma (author) is a writer and historical researcher, known as one of the foremost experts on the life and diaries of Anne Lister. She lives in Yorkshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Helene Jeppesen on February 02, 2021

I can’t help but love this woman and her story <3......more

Goodreads review by Judith on May 06, 2019

As reading the diaries themselves (as edited by Helena Whitbread) is a bit too intensive for me right now, I was happy to find this book. It provides background for the tv series and has selected some of the most interesting diary passages. I was especially fascinated by how Anne used the diaries as......more

Goodreads review by Mary Robinette on March 12, 2021

Like many people, I became aware of Anne Lister through the HBO mini-series. This book is fascinating and gets into the historical details of her life during the period covered by the show. What I find most compelling is the level of introspection that Miss Lister employed on a daily basis. The book......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on July 19, 2019

As I’m thoroughly enjoying the BBC drama of ‘Gentleman Jack’ I felt compelled to read this companion to the series and I’m really glad I did. It was an absolutely fascinating read which gave more insight into the characters and the times although the TV series is extremely accurate and very well don......more


Quotes

"Anne Choma's Gentleman Jack is not just a tie-in to the TV series, but a probing and page-turning study of legendary diarist Anne Lister, full of original insights and freshly decoded material from the 1830s period of Lister's hunt for a wife." -Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room